2022 Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

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Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy is the 423rd most popular major in the country with 969 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 239 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 6 therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy in the Southeast Region

#1

Western Piedmont Community College

Morganton, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$3,663 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Piedmont Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Located in Morganton, North Carolina, this small public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WPCC, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $3,663 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students per year to attend Western Piedmont Community College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Western Piedmont Community College Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

#2

Pitt Community College

Winterville, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$3,478 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pitt Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Winterville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s therapeutic recreation/recreational therapy degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Pitt Community College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Pitt Community College is $3,478 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy students.

Full Pitt Community College Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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